The Story of the Thirteen ColoniesGuerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline)
History
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies
Guerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline)
United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Port´land, burned, 246
Port Roy´al, attacked, 187
called Annapolis, 188
French settlement at, 102, 174
Ports´m_o_ūth, settled, 130
Pōr´tū-gal, covets Eastern trade, 35
Por´tu-g_u_ēş_e_, discover A-zores´, 36
explorations, 42, 61
Po-tā´to_e_ş, introduced into Ireland, 85
Pō-tō´maċ River, 191
Pow-ha-tăn´, aids English colonists, 92
crowned King of Virginia, 93, 94
Indian chief, 90
Prěs´cott, American colonel, 239-241
Prescott, British general, 258, 259
Prĭnce´ton, battle of, 261, 262
Print´ing, invented, 32, 33
Printing press, first in colonies, 126
Prĭş´on-ers, care for, 246
Prov´i-dence, Williams settles at, 129
Pueb´lõ (pwěb-) Indians, converted, 102
Puerto Rico (pwěr´tō re´co), Ponce de Leon starts from, 64
Pū-lăs´kĭ, assists Americans, 264
killed, 298
Pŭt´nam, Israel, in Revolutionary War, 236
retreat of, 253-255
returns to Connecticut, 283
stories about, 280-284
Pū´ri-tans, called "Roundheads", 155
origin of, 107
power of English, 134
settlements of, 121, 122, 124
Quāk´ers, characteristics of, 135
settle in Rhode Island, 130, 136
sufferings of, 135
Que-bec´, attacked, 187, 246
battle of, 211-213
Cartier at, 72
plan to besiege, 206
settled, 174
Queen Anne's War, 187, 188
Rä_h_l, surrender of, 261
Ra:´l_e_i_gh_, Sir Walter, establishes colony on Roanoke Island, 85
imprisoned, 87
Virginia granted to, 85
voyage of, 83
_Rān´ġer_, Paul Jones's vessel, 294
Red River explored, 69
Reed, Joseph, 259, 303
Reġ´i-cides (king-killers), 136
Re-vēr_e_´, Paul, ride of, 233, 234
Rev-o-lu´tion of 1688, in England, 170
Revolutionary War, 149, 234-321
Rhode Ī_s_´land, charter of, 137, 167, 169
colony formed in, 129
Northmen at, 28
Quakers settle in, 130
Ribault (re-bo´), settles in Carolina, 74
Rice, cultivated in Carolina, 163
Rip Van Wiṉ´kl_e_, Irving's tale of, 146
Ro-a-nōk_e_´ Island, Raleigh establishes English colony on, 85
Rŏb´in-son, Separatist minister, 108, 123
Rocky Mountains, 181
Rŏg´erş, joins Putnam, 281
Rŏlf_e_, John, marries Pocahontas, 98
Ro´man Cath´o-lics, persecution of, 106, 107, 134
Rŏss, Mrs., makes first American flag, 268
"Round´heads," Puritans called, 155
Roy´al-ists, called "Cavaliers", 155
Royalists, come to America, 156
Royal Oak, 167
Russia (rŭsh´a), Paul Jones serves, 297
Rŭt´lě_d_ġ_e_, Mr., 229
Rўş´wick, treaty of, 187
Sā´chem, Indian ruler, 19
Săg´ȧ-more, Indian ruler, 19
Sā´gȧş, Norse tales, 30
Sȧ-hä´ra, 35
St. An´t_h_o-ny, Falls of, 180
St. Au´gŭs-tïn_e_, besieged, 165
founded, 75
St. John's River, French settlement on, 74
St. Law´rence, Gulf of, French possessions on, 213
St. Lawrence River, explored, 72
Indians at, 18
named by Cartier, 174
St. Lěġ´er, besieges Fort Stanwix, 267
retreat of, 268
St. Marys, settlement at, 152
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